Major- and Minor-Scale Exercises to Improve Your Playing By Richard Rossicone published 1 April 19 Learn some really cool major- and minor-scale exercises that can do wonders for your overall playing.
Five Must-Know Jazz Guitar Turnarounds By Matt Warnock published 27 March 19 Explore five common variations of a two-bar turnaround progression.
Guitar Chalk Sessions: Methods for Targeting Problem Areas in Your Guitar Solos By Bobby Kittleberger published 26 March 19 Be willing to critique yourself and to put in the boring practice time fixing the areas where you’re falling short.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 8 By Steve Stine published 25 March 19 Get a practical understanding of the CAGED system so you can start applying it in your own playing.
Guitarists' Seven Most Common Mistakes in the Recording Studio By Ron Zabrocki published 22 March 19 Some mistakes guitarists often make in the recording studio—and how to avoid them.
10 Tips to Boost Your Practice Session By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 22 March 19 Sure, there are days when we are all inspired to pick up our guitars and play. But what about the other days?
Jazz Guitar Corner: Building a Jazz Vocabulary — Melodic Minor Over iim7 By Matt Warnock published 20 March 19 Look at three licks that use melodic minor over a iim7 chord.
Watch Some Amazing Footage of 22-Year-Old Randy Rhoads Soloing in 1979 By Jonathan Graham published 19 March 19 Some rare footage of a young, pre-Ozzy Randy Rhoads in action.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 7 By Steve Stine published 14 March 19 Learn how to visualize the notes across your entire fretboard more easily and clearly with this lesson.
Playing Tips: Joe Satriani on Improving Your Legato Technique By Guitar World Staff published 13 March 19 In this bite-sized lesson, Joe Satriani provides some useful exercises for improving your legato technique.
Forgotten Guitar: Les Paul’s Incredible Rendition of “Lover” Live in New York City in 1988 By Jonathan Graham published 12 March 19 Les was 73 at the time, and he clearly hadn’t lost a step.
How to Develop Picking Control With Accented Scale Practice By Matt Warnock published 12 March 19 These accent patterns can be used to raise your level of rhythmic and right-hand awareness when practicing scales.
Using String Skipping to Create Angular, Sweep-Type Sounds By Jacky Vincent published 4 March 19 These string-skipping techniques will help you nail some fast alternate- and sweep/economy-picked phrases.
Add Some Staccato, Jake E. Lee-Inspired Licks to Your Arsenal By Will Wallner published 4 March 19 Learn a double-picking technique Jake E. Lee used to great effect during his time with Ozzy Osbourne.
No Pain, No Strain — Warming Up to Avoid Hand Injuries By Marty Friedman published 1 March 19 Learn some great warmup exercises from Marty Friedman.
Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister Demos His Bass Tone By Jonathan Graham published 28 February 19 Lemmy breaks down his unmistakable, massive, entirely unique tone.
Four Ways a Song Becomes "Better" By Marty Dodson published 28 February 19 Sometimes a small re-write addressing one or more of those issues can make all the difference in the world.
15 Ways to Improve Your Mixes By Ron Zabrocki published 28 February 19 These 15 tips can exponentially improve your mixes.
Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 6 By Steve Stine published 28 February 19 Learn the six functional chords that operate within the context of a diatonic scale.
Learning Paganini's 16th Caprice in G Minor By Will Wallner published 22 February 19 Learning classical pieces like this one is a great way to improve your technique and theory.